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S 1237 115th Congress Senate Finance and Financial Sector Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Bankruptcy

Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2017

Introduced: May 25, 2017 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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May 25, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3216; text of measure as introduced: CR S3215-3216)
May 25, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2017

This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to include an unsecured claim by a governmental unit (e.g., a tax claim by the Internal Revenue Service) resulting from the sale, transfer, exchange, or disposition of farming property in chapter 12 bankruptcy (family farmer or fisherman reorganization) proceedings. Such a claim that arises before a debtor's discharge, regardless of whether the claim is pre-petition or post-petition, must be treated as a pre-petition claim, is not entitled to priority status, must be provided for under the bankruptcy plan, and is dischargeable.

What's happening now May 25, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3216; text of measure as introduced: CR S3215-3216)

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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Jun 20, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1237: Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1237/
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"S. 1237: Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1237/.
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S. 1237, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1237/.
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